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The exact timespan for the next roster's working period is 15 July 2023 – 14 July 14 2024. The call is open to emerging talent working in sound and audiovisual fields. The artists chosen for SHAPE+ must be willing to choose greener forms of travel when such choice is possible, and are expected to participate either in residencies that include artistic collaboration or one-off performances and presentations as well as publicity activities, educational events and artist meet-ups.

Full details on eligibility criteria can be found in the application form.
Application deadline is 31 March at 23:59 CET.

About SHAPE+

SHAPE+ aims to foster exceptional emerging talent, connecting them to local communities and audiences through collaborative residencies with multiple artistic outcomes, commissioned artworks, as well as one-off presentations and performances. Combining an open call and a curatorial selection, the participating festivals and venues will select a roster of artists to support each year. Currently the member festivals include the following:

  • MeetFactory, Prague, CZ
  • Construction Festival/Kultura Medialna, Dnipro, UA
  • CTM Festival/Disk, Berlin, DE
  • INTONAL/INKONST, Malmö, SE
  • Les Siestes Électroniques/Association Rotation, Toulouse, FR
  • musikprotokoll/Österreichischer Rundfunk, Graz, AT
  • Rokolectiv Festival/Asociatia Rokolectiv, Bucharest, RO
  • schiev/Productions Associées asbl, Brussels, BE
  • Skanu Mežs, Riga, LV
  • SONICA Festival/Museum of Transitory Art, Ljubljana, SI
  • Terraforma/Threes Productions, Milan, IT
  • UH Fest/Ultrasound Foundation, Budapest, HU
  • Unsound/Fundacja Tone, Krakow, PL

Two new member festivals will be announced for this upcoming working period. SHAPE+ is co-funded by the European Union.

Support Ukraine

With the war in Ukraine having just passed its one-year mark very, SHAPE+ would like to encourage its partners and audience to resist becoming jaded by news about Russia’s full-scale invasion of this sovereign country – our help and support is needed as strongly as ever.  See this resource, prepared by the European Commission to find out how you can donate and help.